AMIC Project Officer

Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom

Updated: 14 days ago
Location: Belfast, NORTHERN IRELAND
Deadline: 14 Apr 2024

The Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre is looking for a business-oriented project officer to support project management and delivery strategies across AMIC.

You will work collaboratively with industry, technology providers, national technology centres, and academia to manage research, design and innovation activities that deliver partnerships and projects focused on advanced manufacturing activities. You will assist in securing funding and co-ordinate AMIC’s wider relationships and engagements.

Our mission is to provide you with the environment to innovate and create impact - for business and society, in Northern Ireland and globally.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria: 

  • Honours degree or equivalent and substantial recent and relevant experience working within an industrial or university-based research environment OR minimum HND in a related discipline with extensive recent and relevant experience working within an industrial or university-based research environment.
  • Proven recent and relevant experience of successfully managing relationships and project management in a collaborative context.
  • Evidence of engaging and managing events/ workshops involving members of the business community.
  • An understanding of the processes involved in compiling grant/contract bids.

    • Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria please click on the Candidate Information link below.

    This post will be appointed to for 3 years in the first instance. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

    At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

    We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

    • Great terms & conditions
    • Pension schemes
    • Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
    • Family-friendly initiatives
    • Career development opportunities
    • Support for health & mental wellbeing
    • Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

    Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

    We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit:  www.qub.ac.uk/diversity ; www.qub.ac.uk/qgi  and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/

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